Djekhy & son : doing business in Ancient Egypt /
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"Djekhy & Son, two businessmen living 2500 years ago in the densely populated neighborhoods built around the great temple of Amun at Karnak, worked as funerary service providers in the necropolis on the western bank of the Nile. They were also successful agricultural entrepreneurs, cultivating flax and grain. In 1885, the German Egyptologist August Eisenlohr acquired a unique collection of papyri that turned out to be Djekhy's archive of mainly legal documents. Using this rich trove of evidence, augmented by many other sources, the author has painted a vivid picture of life in ancient Egypt between 570 and 534 BCE, during the little-known Saite period. Approaching the subject from both business and personal aspects, he gives us a fresh look at some facets of ancient Egypt that have mostly been hidden from view-such as putting up one's children as security for a loan."--Publisher description.
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"Dar el Kutub No. 24398/11"--Title page verso. :
xvii, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-175) and index. :
9789774164774
Les mathématiques de l'Égypte ancienne : numération, métrologie, arithmétique, géométrie et autres problèmes /
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"Les nombreux problèmes et extraits analysés relèvent du corpus mathématique de base datant du Moyen Empire, mais également de documents administratifs et de documents plus récents tels les papyri démotiques. Ce que ces textes nous enseignent dépasse parfois le cadre purement mathématique en donnant des indications sur les valeurs marchandes de produits ou services, les montants de certains salaires ou taxes, les prévisions d'un chantier, la construction d'éléments architecturaux, la gestion des récoltes et du bétail ou la fabrication de la bière" --
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603 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-579) and index. :
9782874570407
Saite and Persian demotic cattle documents : a study in legal forms and principles in ancient Egypt /
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Chicago, 1983. : xvi, 126 pages [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index. : 0891308547
Ancient Egyptian Letters to the Dead : The Realm of the Dead through the Voice of the Living /
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In Ancient Egyptian Letters to the Dead: the Realm of the Dead through the Voice of the Living Julia Hsieh investigates the beliefs and practices of communicating with the dead in ancient Egypt through close lexical semantic analysis of extant Letters. Hsieh shows how oral indicators, toponyms, and adverbs in these Letters signal a practice that was likely performed aloud in a tomb or necropolis, and how the senders of these Letters demonstrate a belief in the power and omniscience of their deceased relatives and enjoin them to fight malevolent entities and advocate on their behalf in the afterlife. These Letters reflect universals in beliefs and practices and how humankind, past and present, makes sense of existence beyond death.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004472327
9789004472310
Toponymy on the periphery : placenames of the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, and south Sinai in Egyptian documents from the early dynastic until the end of the New Kingdom /
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"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of Egypt. These regions, filled with mines, quarries, nomadic camps, and harbours are often considered as an unimportant hinterland of the Egyptian state, but this work reveals the wide explorations and awareness Egyptians had of the Red Sea and its adjacent deserts, from the Sinai in the north to Punt in the south. The book attempts to locate many of the placenames present in Egyptian texts and analyse their etymology in light of Egyptian linguistics and the various foreign languages spoken in the adjacent deserts and distant shores of the Red Sea"--
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xvii, 718 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-685) and indexes. :
9789004361690 :
0169-9601 ;
Toponymy on the periphery : placenames of the Eastern Desert, Red Sea, and south Sinai in Egyptian documents from the early dynastic until the end of the New Kingdom /
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"In Toponymy on the Periphery, Julien Charles Cooper conducts a study of the rich geographies preserved in Egyptian texts relating to the desert regions east of Egypt. These regions, filled with mines, quarries, nomadic camps, and harbours are often considered as an unimportant hinterland of the Egyptian state, but this work reveals the wide explorations and awareness Egyptians had of the Red Sea and its adjacent deserts, from the Sinai in the north to Punt in the south. The book attempts to locate many of the placenames present in Egyptian texts and analyse their etymology in light of Egyptian linguistics and the various foreign languages spoken in the adjacent deserts and distant shores of the Red Sea".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004422216
Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings /
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Vol. <8 > has title: Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, statues, reliefs, and paintings.
Vol. <8, pts. 1-3 >: by Jaromir Malik, assisted by Diane Magee and Elizabeth Miles.
Vol.2 reprinted in 1994, v.6 reprinted in 2002, v.1 pt.1 reprinted in 1994. :
v. : maps, diagrs., plans ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
0900416815 (v.1 pt.1)
0900416181 (v. 2)
0900416823 (v. 4)
090041667X (v. 8)
0900416238 (v. 3 pt.2)
From single sign to pseudo-script : an ancient Egyptian system of workmen's identity marks /
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Writing is not the only notation system used in literate societies. Some visual communication systems are very similar to writing, but work differently. Identity marks are typical examples of such systems, and this book presents a particularly well-documented marking system used in Pharaonic Egypt as an exemplary case. From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script is the first book to fully discuss the nature and development of an ancient marking system, its historical background, and the fascinating story of its decipherment. Chapters on similar systems in other cultures and on semiotic theory help to distinguish between unique and universal features. Written by Egyptologist Ben Haring, the book addresses scholars interested in marking systems, writing, literacy, and the semiotics of visual communication.
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1 online resource (xvi, 291 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004357549 :
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